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Re: 5/18/10- Brewers @ Reds/ Heisey bats 5th

Originally Posted by medford

Seriously though, what are most people's opinions on Brantly, outside of the multiple food references and general corniness? Seems like he offers up pretty good insight into the mechanics of the game, ie telling us the Cueto is pulling off towards 1st and that is when his fastball gets high and flat a couple of starts ago, and telling us when its better. He mentioned something about something he saw wrong w/ a particular batter the other day, perhaps Votto.

I'm not savy enough to know how accurate these observations are, but rather than just saying that a player is struggling, he's often able to point to a specific issue w/ the player at the time that is different than his normal self.

Pretty much agree with everything you said. His pbp isn't always great, but his analysis and insight usually is. My favorite thing to hear though, is when he makes some generalization that sounds good but isn't really true, then Marty calls him out on it.

Re: 5/18/10- Brewers @ Reds/ Heisey bats 5th

Re: 5/18/10- Brewers @ Reds/ Heisey bats 5th

Originally Posted by yab1112

Pretty much agree with everything you said. His pbp isn't always great, but his analysis and insight usually is. My favorite thing to hear though, is when he makes some generalization that sounds good but isn't really true, then Marty calls him out on it.

I think he does the analysis thing better on TV than radio for the most part. He's awful at play by play. I was in my car on Sunday and there was a fly ball that Bruce and Stubbs went after and almost collided and Brantley didn't say whether it was an out or not. That used to drive me crazy with Joe too so I'm not just picking on Brantley.

Re: 5/18/10- Brewers @ Reds/ Heisey bats 5th

Originally Posted by Chip R

I think he does the analysis thing better on TV than radio for the most part. He's awful at play by play. I was in my car on Sunday and there was a fly ball that Bruce and Stubbs went after and almost collided and Brantley didn't say whether it was an out or not. That used to drive me crazy with Joe too so I'm not just picking on Brantley.

I never get to watch the game on tv so I'll take your word for it, but that would make sense.

I remember a call by Joe in one of his last years calling games, "And there's a base hit to left-right-center field!"

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